Category: Art
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10 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #22
WILLIAM FORMBY HALSALL, (American, 1841-1919) ON THE HIGH SEAS Oil on canvas 30 x 62 in., frame: 45 x 77 in. Private collection William Formby Halsall (born 1841) was a marine painter born in Kirkdale, England. He lived at Provincetown, Massachusetts and died as a US citizen in 1919. Halsall was educated in Boston, Massachusetts and…
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11 Paintings, scenes from the Bible, by The Old Masters, with footnotes # 39
Antonio Badile, VERONA 1518-1560 SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON Oil on canvas 104 1/8 by 59 in.; 264.3 by 149.7 cm. Private Collection Saint George (circa 275/281 – 23 April 303 AD) was a soldier in the Roman army who later became venerated as a Christian martyr. His parents were Christians of Greek background; his father…
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13 Paintings, scenes from the Bible, by The Old Masters, with footnotes # 37
Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, called Botticelli, and Studio, FLORENCE 1445 – 1510 THE MADONNA AND CHILD WITH SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST oil on panel, a tondo diameter: 34 1/4 in.; 87 cm. This tondo by Sandro Botticelli likely dates to the second half of the 1480s, when the artist had returned to Florence from Rome. The…
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